Three Take Away or Big ideas From Carranza on Immunodeficiency Disorders and Periodontal Disease ratio.


1. Diminished host response with imparied T-cell function and altered T-cell ratio are a result of immunodefeciency disease.

2. Immunodefeciency can cause the increase in inflamtion and crevicular fluid.

3. Decrease WBC's and impaired secretion of immunoflobulin with increased healing times as a result of immunodeficiency diseases such as AIDS.


  • Clinical appearance: herpetic lesions, oral candidiasis, fungal infections, exhagerated inflamation and bleeding time can also be increased as a result.
  • Radiographically: Loss of bone structure with widened PDL and inconsistant lamina dura nad trabicular pattern may also be present.